Fence.



C. I.. MICHOD.

FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2?. 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

` be resisted. were e eitzeu el? the United Stetesesllng et i338 South Clz'lq .'tl'et, Chicago, in the cfmnty et (Joel: xn-l a of llnos, have invented e. new und "#el .mprovement in Vanves, ef which th. 'ollewlxg is e. speciicetieu. y

@ne feature 0:7. mj; lil-gestion relates to fences employing line-pests of metal of @leshepe in cross-seet0n termed of lexlble matenl, es for exemple, vanadium, 0l lugh cabon, steel, with enchere. en the' lewer, embedded, ends which plantee be Death 'the level of the grmmrl se that 'silentA pox-tiens et the posts are embedded the ground., 'whereby the luepests are zenderefl flexible, and by reason et *he emlledment in the ground ef resilient fgbeatiens et' the posts, the embedding; euth eperetes 'te eause au astice in the nature et e. im thefsm" e ectfm to occur, which eduees very gfx-mtu elly the shearing stresses en pests.

,The eneng secured against tale facce et' thesepests in :accordance with e' lxmon 'pme tice, and it has been found that when the face against which the fenemg extends is let, the Wires are not held td the posts with y sucent rigidity te pxevent the fencefwree from slppng relative to the posts when the fencing :m posts are strained laterally as by en animal runnin er lying against the fence. Thus, shoul lateral strains be exerted against e portion of the iteneing, the twisting efI the acjeeemt west is met resislefl by the other wires ef the fencing attuche te this pest to the same extent tl'xet it would lle Wires held to the pests against slipping, end as e eensequence, the posts must 'be umile 'eleti'vely heavy te esist suela twisting action which, if permttecl to take place beyond a ceztan degree, subjects the posts te the (langer of buckling unlel' late'el' strains. pests heeey, as stated, jequires that the width el the flange of the post against which the 'fencing secured and which flete/'lss 0pposes the glomld in flexing, es posts have lreretelb'e been constructed, be auch that the Ieetlmrprng action stated is not Capable of being; el'ectml te the most fle-w gres. l1" uitlwelu'xme, will be mlzilei'steefl, he wide: thelrmge which fetwse opposes he luml in the tlexng of the post, the

Specmtom ef Letters 'f-stent.

The making of the Tetezxte Miet. e. i

gieate.l the tw' g strain en the the portion et t. strain taken by gest m emng 1s eo'espondmgly reducen, emi

thus the mme metal required te prevent twisting of the post.

@ne of my objects te provide conm strueton of fencing to the enel that the lneposts thereof muy be provided 0f the iesred nemewness ett :face opposing the ground in the flexing epemton fm.' producing tl'le most ecient feather-spring action, end Slaat twisting of the line-posts be reduc/.nfl the minimum, thereby minmizing the Cest et the fencepest and causing the .elng i@ eperete with the highest e'l'lceuejf.

.ilnotl A abject is te provide a highly ece nomcel ferm. of post. either tlexlgvle 01' llfd, 11ml of angle-shape n eloss-secon, Wlilell may be used with the common teem of selatvely short staples for ntteclmnent of the fencing thereto, and which .ellel serve hold the fenemg thereto Witheet flange? tweaking or becQmng otherwise .murei tefemng t0 the aeemp-.mymg davflwlf: lgure l is e Yew in elevetiop :1 p constructed in accordance .with my uwen tion und showing the Wire-fem, ng in the fo'x'u of a. webbing. Fl?. Q is zur enlarged view showing one of the li-nepasts of the fence and (me of the lmrlzntel wives of tl) webbing. 3 is a section. take!) en tlfe line on Fig. '2 und Viewed the lx'eeti'en arrow. Fig. Llris u sentim taken et 4f on Fig. 3 and viewed in the zlijfec the arrow. Fig. 5 if. View simlzuf l. et another fmm of line post. Fig.

' 'view similar to Fig. 2 et still nuo-ther fe' line-post Fig. 7 isy e. seeten taken at 1 time You Fig. G :md Viewed in the dlectmll O' the www; amil Fig. 8, a section Y embedded in hereof, :ml

las te 7 Gf still anothe form of posts.

level of the ground and the tops et the an cher-ages embedded in the ground.

ln AFigs. 2, 3 and al, one of the similar line-posts is represented, the crosssectional view (Fig. ll) illustrating the shane oit' the side of the line-post against which the v.'

y1reencing is secured, this side of the post he ing concave, as represented 13, to present a pair or' spaced bearing surfaces, or points, land l5, for engagement with the longitudinalwires ll which are firmly held against the surfaces 14. and l5 by any suitable nieans, as for example, staples 16, which embrace the horizontal wires l1 and pass through openings 17 in the post, at the rear side et which the endg of the staples are spread apart, as shown (Fig. 3), to irmly hold the fencing in position. .ln applying the staples i6, as stated, the Wires l1 are deflected slightly inward, thus drawing them. taut and gripping them firmly against the surfaces le and l5, which latter, together with the staples i6, afford threepoiiit contacts with the wires and thus serve to very irnily secure the fencesivires to the ln Fig. 5 is shown another forni of line post, wherein the principle of the post shown in F 2, 3 and l is carried out. ln this construction, the post, instead of being i. shape in cross section, of general l"lshape, the tace of the post against which the Wires ll. bear being concaved, as represented at i8, to provide spaced points 19 and 20, into hun contact with which the longitudinally extending wires of the :tencing are drawn, upon applying to position a staple 2l, which embraces the yi-rire l1 between the bearing surfaces 19 and v20, and extends at its ends through openings 22 in the post, and has its ends deflected against the rear side et the portion of the post in which the concave surface is provided.

lt Will be noted that in each of the forms of line-post described, the side of the post against which the Wires ll extend, is rein forced by the rearwardly extending liange of' the post, indicated at in 4, and 2d in Fig. 5. This feature et the construction presents advantages Whether the posts 9 are rigid or flexible, as stated above.

lt is manifest that a line-post must be so constructed that it will present the requisite strength for resisting the strains to which it is subjected in use, and thatit the ordinary torni of staple, which is relatively short, is to he'used, the recess between the spaced' bearing points on the posti against which the wire hears, must be relatively sha-lkw. By constructing the post With' a flange, such as the flange 23 or 24, which extends laterally cf the fencing, the post is so reinforced nitrates that the portion of the latter which extends at an angle to the said laterally extending flange, and against which the fencing hears, may be constructed with relatively shallow recess to afford the spaced hearing-surfaces for the Wires ll, 1aflnereas were these laterali 'tending flanges not provided, the post, in to aliord the relatively shallow recess for permitting ordinary staples 'to be used as the fencing-fastening' means, would be required to be so bulky in order to present the desired strength, that they would be iuiconimercial.

ldlhen the feature just descrihed is incorporated in a fiexiblepost, where the anche thereof are located belenY the le vel of the ground and resilient portions of the Vpost are likewise embedded in the ground,

a very decided advantage afforded over line-posts provided with fiat 'laces against which the fencing hears, due to the tact that by the engagement or the wires 1l with spaced bearing surfaces on the. 'post with the fastening device engaging the wires intermediate these bearing surfaces, the Wires ll are rinly held to the post and in such manner that when the fencing is subjected to lateral strains, slipping of the Wires and posts relative to each other Will not occur, and thus when forces are exerted laterally against the fencing, resistance to twisting of the posts is aided by the other Wires ot the fencing. l?urtherinore, the surface ot the post which opposes the ground in the flexing operation. may be made sufficiently narrow, as compared with the width ot the reinforcing flange of the post which extends laterally oi the fencing, to cause the desired resistance to he offered by the ground to the post for producing the most eilieient leather-sprlng action. lt Will also be manifest that by the combination oi these features, the lline-post may be made relatively lig'ht in Weight as no necessity exists for providing in the post to resist torsional strains, -metal in addition to that required lor rendering the posts sufficiently strong to resist lateral forces.

The constructions shown in Figs, 6, 7 and 8 present examples of another Way in which the Wires ll may be so associated with the line-posts of the resilient type above referred to, as to firmly secure these Wires to the line-posts, and afford the advantages hereinbefore set forth, A

Referring particularly to Figs. 6 and 7 the line-post therein illustrated is ot general,

lfshape in. cross-section, with the side theren oi" against which the longitudinal fence wires l1 extend, of convex form, as represented. .at 25. against this convex face by any suitable fastening means, those illustrated comprising a- Wire 26 which extends between its endg, around the rear side of the post and inter'- The Wires 1l may be secured messes against the surface more or less conform- .,ingly and cause such an association of the wine l1 with the post that there can be no relative slipping between the post and fen@- ing.

The principle'underlying the construction illustrated in Fig. 7 is 'also embodied in the construction illustrated in Fig. 8, wherein the post, 'instead of being of l..shape in crosssection is of general v'lV-shape, with the side thereof against which the fencing Wires ll extend, convened, as indicated at 28, and cooperating with the Wires ll as explained ofthe convex surface in Fig. 7

The provision of the posts as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 causes the fencing to beso related thereto when secured to the posts, as

' illustrated, as to permit posts with relatively narrow faces, against which the Wire-teneing` is secured, to be provided, and the fencing-Wires ll to be secured to the posts against slipping: and, in. fact, may be inadeof such narrow w1dth relative to the portion of the post Which extends laterally of the fencing, that the resistance offered by the around to the iiat-wised disposed side of the fiost in the iiexingoperation, will be that required for the most eliicient featherspring action..

What l claim as new and desire 'to seeuie by Letters Patent iszl. lna -fence, the combination of a resilim ent line-post having its lower resilient portion embedded in the ground, said post bef ing formed of longitudinally extending members disposed at an angle to each other, fencing extending across the line-post, and fence securing means on one face of the post adapted to hold the fencing at different vertical elevations against slipping thereon under torsional strains on the post, said `fencing extending at an angle to the other face of the post, the face against which said fencing hears being of less width than the other face disposed angel-arly thereto.

.2. ln a tence, the combination. o?? a resilient line-post of1 substantially Lebens in cross-section having its lower resilient por tion embedded in the ground, the 'face of one of the flanges oi the post being oset to provide spaced bearing surfaces, fencing en tending across said bearing surfaces, and means on tliezpost engaging the fencing at different vertical. elevations for holding the fencing firmly against said bearing surtaces, Ithe flange affording said bearing surfaces being o less Width than the other ilange of the post. l

,CHARLES L. MGHOD. .ln presence o1-N I F. M. Remmen, N. E. ilnannonn. 

